We appreciate that video is an important way to tell the full story behind commissioned art projects - from the source of inspiration, through the collaborative process and the actual creation of the art, to the experience of work that is rich in movement, light, and live-action projection. The CODAvideo Program features documentary shorts: the best videos highlighting collaborative commissions, where art is successfully integrated into interior, architectural, and public spaces.

2016 CODAawards Requirements & Rules

OFFICIAL RULES

Effective March 1, 2017

Please read these rules before entering the CODAawards. By registering for the CODAawards, you agree to be bound by these rules and that you satisfy all eligibility and entry requirements.

Eligibility.

You must be 18 years or older to enter, and must be a designer, architect, artist, art consultant, client, or other person or company representative who worked collaboratively on a project involving an integration of commissioned art into a public or private space (a Project). For a Project to be eligible for an award, the Project must have been completed after January 1, 2014. Employees and agents of CODAworx and their immediate family members are not eligible to win. The program is void where prohibited.

How to Enter.

To enter the CODAawards, you must complete the online entry form at www.codaworx.com (an Entry).
Entries must be received by May 31, 2017 by 11:59 p.m. Central Time (GMT -5:00).

Entry Requirements.

Each Entry must feature one Project that was completed after January 1, 2014. You may enter more than one Project for consideration by submitting multiple Entries. Images submitted should accurately and honestly depict the Project. Entries that contain inappropriate material, such as offensive, defamatory or pornographic material are not eligible.
By registering for the CODAawards, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by the CODAworx Terms & Conditions.

CODAworx reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any Entry for any reason, including for any violation of these Official Rules.

Judging and Category Awards.

A jury of leaders in the design, architecture, and art worlds have been appointed by CODAworx to judge the eligible Projects, as determined by CODAworx. Jurors only judge a selected group of categories. Jurors spend time with each Project reading and learning about the details, goals, and collaborative process behind the Project. The jury will evaluate Projects on the successful integration of commissioned artwork into a space, and the importance of this integration into the overall design. The jury will also evaluate Projects based on the collaboration process between the artists, designers, and others involved in the Project.

Jurying will take place between June 2 and June 15, 2017. The jury will select one Project to receive a CODAaward in each of the following award categories: Commercial, Education, Healthcare, Hospitality, Institutional, Landscape, Liturgical, Public Spaces, Residential, and Transportation.

Jury members are allowed to enter a project into the CODAawards, but they are not permitted to jury a category where their own work has been submitted. The jury process is done remotely online, and each juror is blind to the voting by the other jury members. Total juror votes are tallied to determine the final winner in each category.

People's Choice Awards.

The Top 100 Projects, as scored by the jury, will also be evaluated in a People's Choice campaign, in which design enthusiasts will be asked to vote for the Project that inspires them the most. The People's Choice voting period will be held from June 16 to June 30, 2017. Voting will be conducted on the www.codaworx.com website. The two Projects with the most votes at the end of the voting period will be the winners of the People's Choice Awards. In the event of a tie, representatives of CODAworx will break the tie by selecting the winner from among the tied entries.

Prizes.

CODAawards winners will be announced in August 2017. If your Project is chosen as a winner of either a category award or a People's Choice Award, you will receive: promotion of your Project on the CODAworx website at www.codaworx.com through the end of 2017, be featured in Interior Design magazine, and promoted in an international PR campaign. Winners will also receive a Creative Profile membership with CODAworx for one year (valued at $500 USD).

In promotion of Projects, we will do our best to identify the principal designers, architects, artists, art professionals, commissioners and industry resources involved in the Project, provided that information has been provided to us.

Limitations of Liability.

CODAworx and its affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees are not responsible or liable for any Entry or other communication which is lost, late, damaged, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, or any entry or other communication submitted which is not received due to any computer, online, technical malfunction, delays or human errors that occur in the processing, transmitting, or receiving of entries. If, for any reason, the program cannot be conducted as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer viruses, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of CODAworx, CODAworx reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the program, and will refund all entry fees.

General Release.

By entering the CODAawards, you release CODAworx, its affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, and their successors and assigns (collectively the Released Parties), from any and all actions, obligations, costs, damages, losses, claims, liabilities and demands of whatever kind or nature now or hereafter against any one or more of the Released Parties, arising from, related to or in any way connected with participation in this program and receipt of any award from CODAworx.

Consent.

By entering the CODAawards, you consent to the use of your name, likeness and image, address and/or prize information and/or Entry for promotional and other purposes without further payment. You also consent to being placed on the CODAworx email list and give your express permission to be contacted by CODAworx.

Choice of Law and Venue.

By entering the CODAawards, you agree that all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these rules, your rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of CODAworx in connection with the program, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of State of Wisconsin. By entering the program, you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts located in Madison, Wisconsin.

The CODAworx Manifesto

Art matters. Attention to the details of our environment leads to love of place, which brings us to take responsibility for the spaces where we live and work. And by extension, the people with whom we live and work. And by extension, to our local communities, our cities, our nations, and our world.

We champion the role of artists in our society. We need artists to provide us with inspiration, creativity, and imagination, and to help us envision a better world.

Architects and designers know that remarkable design can change everything. They connect the dots across disciplines, collaborating with artists to make the world a more beautiful place. They are the ultimate patrons of the arts.

In the process, design professionals promote imagination and creativity, and through their commissions, make original art integral to and accessible in people's lives.

Art in our public and private spaces helps us fight ordinary buildings, ordinary streets, ordinary cities. We celebrate the extraordinary.

The architecture of our buildings and the design of our interiors affect our happiness and well-being. Each of us deserves a daily dose of inspiration.